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Be Seeing You - Rob.
If at first you don't succeed,
then skydiving isn't for you.
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From: Robert Norris <rw_nor...@hotmail.com>
Sent: 21 March 2021 20:58
To: viking devel
Subject: [Viking-devel] Viking 1.9 Released
# Viking 1.9 - released 2020-03-20
## Headline Features
- GPX 1.1 Support for most common Extensions (inc. Heart Rate, Power,
Temperature & Cadence) -
[SF#96](https://sourceforge.net/p/viking/feature-requests/96) /
[GH#77](https://github.com/viking-gps/viking/issues/77)
- GTK3 - [GH#111](https://github.com/viking-gps/viking/issues/111)
- Pinch Zoom support on Touchpads/Touchscreens (not GTK2 build)
- Select Tool is now the default with more intuitive behaviour to enable moving
the map - [GH#87(https://github.com/viking-gps/viking/issues/87)]
- [OpenTopoMap](https://opentopomap.org) is the new Map Default
- Online Search in Left Hand Pane
- Track Statistics in Left Hand Pane
- [OSRM](http://project-osrm.org) Routing Support
- Log diagnostic Window
- DEM Colour options -
[SF#158](https://sourceforge.net/p/viking/feature-requests/158)
- DEM Server enhanced support (NASA Earthdata login and alternative DEM server
configuration) - [SF#159](https://sourceforge.net/p/viking/feature-requests/159)
- Ruler uses Great Circle drawing and distance.
- Single key Shortcuts support
[GH#40](https://github.com/viking-gps/viking/issues/40) +
[GH#85](https://github.com/viking-gps/viking/issues/40)
- Improved Track Area Coverage (faster drawing, option to limit years of
coverage)
- Monthly Statistics Analysis
- Native KML Parser enabling support for more KML features
- More KML export options
- Ability to convert Tracks/Routes to Waypoints and vice versa.
- Ability to 'Rotate' Routes/Tracks, i.e. to shift the start/end point of
circular routes.
- Ability to Reset Preferences and Layer Defaults -
[GH#86](https://github.com/viking-gps/viking/issues/86)
- Ability to Reset Layers back to the Layer Default.
- Enable Filtering on some List Displays (hence a basic internal search).
- Support more GPX 1.0 Waypoint fields - the less commonally encountered ones.
- Flatpak Version - also available on
[Flathub](https://flathub.org/apps/details/org.viking.Viking) -
[GH#70](https://github.com/viking-gps/viking/issues/70)
## SourceForge [Bugs](https://sourceforge.net/p/viking/bugs) Fixed
- [SF#157](https://sourceforge.net/p/viking/bugs/157) Waypoint Properties
dialog shows wrong waypoint symbol
- [SF#149](https://sourceforge.net/p/viking/bugs/149) HTTPS Does not work on
Windows install
- [SF#84](https://sourceforge.net/p/viking/bugs/84) Losses Extended Waypoint
Information on Save/Export
## Additional SourceForge [Feature
Requests](https://sourceforge.net/p/viking/feature-requests) Implemented
- [SF#81](https://sourceforge.net/p/viking/feature-requests/81) Use
XDG-compliant for config, cache (e.g. ~/.config/viking/)
- Viking will use your existing ~/.viking/ directory if there is one
- For existing users manually move ~/.viking/ to ~/.config/viking/ to start
using the XDG location
- [SF#133](https://sourceforge.net/p/viking/feature-requests/133) Color of
Tracks
- [SF#150](https://sourceforge.net/p/viking/feature-requests/150) Allow
Specifying Offset for Map Source
- [SF#154](https://sourceforge.net/p/viking/feature-requests/154) Warning about
"external layers" usage
- [SF#155](https://sourceforge.net/p/viking/feature-requests/155) Add "Save as"
keyboard shortcut
- [SF#157](https://sourceforge.net/p/viking/feature-requests/157) Export All to
Single GPX File
## Additional Github [Issues](https://github.com/viking-gps/viking/issues)
Implemented
- [GH#65](https://github.com/viking-gps/viking/issues/65) Geotag images does
nothing when using KML files
- [GH#88](https://github.com/viking-gps/viking/issues/88) Allow
zero-additional-click properties view when selecting
- [GH#90](https://github.com/viking-gps/viking/issues/90) Don't fill in empty
KML <name>s for the user
- [GH#92](https://github.com/viking-gps/viking/issues/92) OpenTopoMap uses
~/.viking-maps/Unknown
- [GH#93](https://github.com/viking-gps/viking/issues/93) Clarify zoom levels
- [GH#94](https://github.com/viking-gps/viking/issues/94) GPS data is removed
while geotagging
- [GH#96](https://github.com/viking-gps/viking/issues/96) Incorrect timezone on
Distance-Time and Elevation-Time tabs of Track Properties
- [GH#98](https://github.com/viking-gps/viking/issues/98) Crash when uploading
GPS trace to OSM
- [GH#102](https://github.com/viking-gps/viking/issues/102) Feature request:
increase max. map cache size
- [GH#106](https://github.com/viking-gps/viking/issues/106) Treat a latitude
containing a comma as a Latitude Longitude pair when entering a Waypoint
- [GH#107](https://github.com/viking-gps/viking/issues/107) Easier way to enter
historical dates
- [GH#114](https://github.com/viking-gps/viking/issues/114) Routes created via
Route Finder can only be terminated by ESC
- [GH#116](https://github.com/viking-gps/viking/issues/116) yournavigation.org
is (permanently) down
Also as usual, many other smaller features - see the source code history.
## Building from source
### Fixes:
Now builds under GCC10
Certain build configurations that were broken in the previous release have been
fixed (and Continuous Integration builds to try to prevent future breakage).
### Build minimums:
- Program: glib-compile-resources - so requires package libglib2.0-dev-bin /
glib2-devel
- GTK 2.22 / 3.22
- GTK3 is now the default - so requires package libgtk-3-dev / gtk3-devel
- To enforce GTK2 use the configure option '--enable-gtk2'
- Anticipated that this will be the last Viking release that supports GTK2.
- GLIB 2.44
- GIO 2.32
- GDK-Pixbuf 2.32
# Files
Available on [SourceForge](https://sourceforge.net/projects/viking/files/) +
[Github](https://github.com/viking-gps/viking/releases)
Source Code (.tar.gz + .tar.bz2)
Binaries: Windows .exe + Linux Flatpak.
Flatpak on Flathub will be updated in due course once I find out how. This
should be straight-forward.
I forgot to mention there is also a new source code default dependency on
json-glib (package libjson-glib-dev in Debian; json-glib-devel in RPM based
distros)
--
Be Seeing You - Rob.
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then skydiving isn't for you.
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